VYPR
High severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 28, 2026· Updated Jul 28, 2026

Pterodactyl's improper JWT scoping allows subuser to upload files when not explicitly granted `file.create` permissions

CVE-2026-54593

Description

Pterodactyl is a free, open-source game server management panel. Prior to Panel version 1.12.3 and Wings version 1.12.2, the Wings /upload/file endpoint accepted any valid panel-signed JWT that contained server_uuid, user_uuid, and unique_id claims without checking the token's intended purpose; because the Panel issues JWTs carrying those same claims for lower-privilege operations such as WebSocket authentication and file-download links, an authenticated subuser could reuse one of those tokens (for example a WebSocket token obtained with only the websocket.connect permission) by replaying it against /upload/file to write arbitrary files to the same server, despite never being granted the file.create permission. This issue is fixed in Panel version 1.12.3 and Wings version 1.12.2.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
pterodactyl/panelPackagist
< 1.12.31.12.3
github.com/pterodactyl/wingsGo
< 1.12.21.12.2

Affected products

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Patches

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